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Saturday, 31 March 2012

My new book on Meister Eckhart's On the Lord's Prayer has been published

Right for the Conference on "Religiöse Individualisierung in der Mystik" (23.3.-25.3.2012) where I delivered a paper on "Images of Religious Individualization", my new book on Eckhart's On the Lord's Prayer has been published.

The book is a critical edition, translation and commentary of one of Eckhart's condensed and intriguing pieces of scholarship and spirituality. This rather short text by Eckhart has been available in a critical edition for
decades, but has been rarely read and studied, regarded by its editors as a
mediocre piece of the young Eckhart. It is, indeed, a strangely looking work,
almost entirely a cut-and-paste piece from Thomas Aquinas' Golden Chain. A close study of Eckhart's commentary,
however, gives insights into his reception of the Patristic tradition, his
dealing with Thomas' choice and provides a masterpiece of Eckhart's teaching on
prayer. He himself held his work in high regard and used it when writing
trinitarian homilies.

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I am passionate about history, philosophy, late antique and medieval theologies, the way our current world came about, and how to understand it, in order to shape it for future generations. The role of religions seems to be paramount for a global success of a harmonic living together of people of different wakes, life-styles, cultures and ambitions. Please do join this blog, as it gives insights into my research and the questions that occupy me.